And the Class Begins

So, day one is done early. What did we do? Well, we are suppose to post our notes and responses now, but my actually notes are little so here is what I remember with my thoughts inside.

The teacher started off by basically saying that God’s name is Armin Hoffman, a Swedish graphic designer. He also went to say that the bible is no longer the one you would find in church but rather a book entitled “Meggs’ History of Graphic Design” by Phillip Meggs and Alston Purvis. He then said that, in his opinion, graphic design and typography enthusiast are part of a religion and you’re either in it or not. 

In relation to the “God” designer, we began to talk about how one design is related to something in the past. To reinstate this he showed us a 3 part video called “Everything is a Remix” that was very informative and entertaining. In it topics like the reason for box office hits, the influence for “Star Wars,” and the evolution of the Mac. Each was quick paced but hilarious. Defiantly one of the high point of the class.

After a short break class came back with an intro of type. Doing a quick summary the teacher covered the major point in the type evolution from cuneiform to celtic. Ending the presentation with a page from “The Book of Kells” a short movie was then put on about the actual behind the scene of scribing a book and how over time it was replaced by the printing press.

Over all the class seems like it will be entertaining. While I am not at all thrilled about the prospect of doing a group project the rest of the schedule seems good and I look forward to next week.